"I don't believe in evolution -- I believe in creation. Some of our books

right now only teach evolution, [but] if you're going to teach one, you
ought to teach both. ... Evolution is a theory. It is a theory, it's not
a
fact. There is no fact for evolution, none. ... Why are we teaching a
theory, when we have [another] position -- creation -- that the majority
of
the people in this country believe?"

-- State Rep. Charlie Howard, R-Sugar Land, explaining the rationale
behind
his House Bill 220, which would give the religious-right-controlled State

CHURCH AND STATE
In a Sunday telecast organized by Christian conservative groups to
denounce
the Democrats as "against people of faith" for blocking judicial
nominees,
Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee stepped up his threats to change Senate
rules to circumvent those blockades while simultaneously calling for
"more
civility in political life."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/politics/25justice.html

In the Lufkin Daily News, Louis Cable outlines the history and importance